DEVOTED owners have been reunited with their beloved dog – TWO YEARS after he disappeared from home.
Debbie Embleton was left heartbroken when Bracken, a Lakeland/Border Terrier-cross, went missing from the family’s Wearside garden in 2012.
She and partner, Liam Smith, 26, searched high and low for the pooch, but Bracken, who wasn’t microchipped, appeared to have vanished without a trace.
But Debbie, 22, refused to give up hope and continued to check the websites of nearby rescue kennels.
She was left stunned this week when she spotted a dog that looked like Bracken, who is now four years old, on the site of the East Durham animal charity, Stray Aid.
The mum-of-two said: “I didn’t want to get my hopes up, but he looked the double of Bracken. When we got there, we knew it was him, he had the exact same markings and he was so excited to see us.
“We were devastated when he disappeared because he was like our baby, and I am overwhelmed to have him back.